Clean Water Act discharge permit · NPDES NC0057533
NOTHWEST WTP, Leland, NC: NPDES NC0057533 discharge permit, effluent exceedances, inspections, penalties
- Administratively continuedPermit status
- MinorDischarger class
- 7Pollutants under a numeric limit
- 4Pollutants with an effluent exceedance
NOTHWEST WTP, held by Brunswick County, holds NPDES permit NC0057533. EPA’s file records it issued February 13, 2020 and expiring March 31, 2023. The status and dates are as EPA’s permit file stood when Velarion loaded it (October 14, 2026); EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO carries the permit’s current standing.
Identity
| Facility as filed | NOTHWEST WTP |
|---|---|
| Permittee as filed | Brunswick County |
| NPDES ID | NC0057533 |
| Permit status | Administratively continued (past its expiration date and still in force until reissued) |
| Permit type | Individual permit |
| Discharger class | Minor discharger |
| Facility type | Not a publicly owned treatment works |
| Issued | February 13, 2020 |
| Expiration date | March 31, 2023 |
| Address | Leland, NC 28451 |
| Subwatershed | Brunswick River-Cape Fear River (HUC 030300050503) |
| NAICS | 221310 – Water Supply and Irrigation Systems |
| SIC | 4941 – Water Supply |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES permit file (ECHO download) and EPA’s NAICS/SIC and component files, the same download.
Effluent limits and exceedances
- 19Pollutants on file
- 7Under a numeric limit
- 19With a violation of any kind
- 4With an effluent exceedance
An effluent exceedance is a discharge monitoring report value over the permit’s numeric limit (EPA’s violation code E90). A violation of any kind also counts a report not filed. Each row is EPA’s own count for that pollutant.
| Pollutant or measure | Limits | Violations, any kind | Effluent exceedances | Latest exceedance | Largest exceedance, as filed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solids, total suspended | 2 | 61 | 5 | June 30, 2025 | 193% over the limit |
| Chlorine, total residual | 1 | 57 | 3 | May 31, 2017 | 359% over the limit |
| pH | 2 | 6 | 2 | October 31, 2018 | |
| Aluminum, total [as Al] | 0 | 55 | 1 | August 31, 2016 | 89% over the limit |
| Iron, total [as Fe] | 0 | 54 | 0 | ||
| Copper, total [as Cu] | 1 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Flow, in conduit or thru treatment plant | 1 | 40 | 0 | ||
| Turbidity | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Conductivity | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Oxygen, dissolved [DO] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Salinity | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Fluoride, total [as F] | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Alkalinity, total [as CaCO3] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Nitrogen, ammonia total [as N] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chloride [as Cl] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Arsenic, total [as As] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Zinc, total [as Zn] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Perchlorate [ClO4] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Solids, total dissolved | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES limits and effluent violations files (ECHO download); up to 60 rows shown, most exceedances first.
Inspections, violations and enforcement
- 0Single-event violations
EPA’s single-event violation file, as loaded, holds no violation for NPDES NC0057533.
Velarion’s copy of EPA’s ICIS-NPDES files does not include the inspections, formal enforcement actions and informal enforcement actions files, so this page shows none of them. EPA’s free Detailed Facility Report on ECHO lists this permit’s inspections, enforcement actions and penalties.
Cited to the EPA ICIS-NPDES violation, inspection and enforcement files (ECHO download); up to 50 rows of each shown, newest first.
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Figures from EPA’s ICIS-NPDES download, loaded October 14, 2026.